Melinda M. Snodgrass

Melinda Snodgrass studied opera at the Conservatory of Vienna in Austria, graduated from U.N.M. with a degree in history, and went on to Law School. She practiced for three years, and discovered that while she loved the law she hated lawyers so she began writing science fiction novels.

In 1988 she accepted a job on Star Trek: TNG, and began her Hollywood career where she has worked on staff on numerous shows — Reasonable Doubts, Profiler, and has written numerous television pilots and feature films. Presently she is the Executive Producer on the upcoming Wild Cards TV series. She is also the co-editor and writes for the Wild Cards series with George R.R. Martin.

In the prose world she has finished the third book in her five book Space Opera series for Titan Books and is working on book 4. Book 1— THE HIGH GROUND was published in July 2016, book two IN EVIL TIMES will be released July 2017. She's can't say she's enjoying how fragile women's rights actually are, but she is fascinated with that issue as well as issues of class and how it effects governments.

The three books in the EDGE series which explore the war between science and rationality and superstition and religion — THE EDGE OF REASON, THE EDGE OF DARKNESS and THE EDGE OF DAWN are currently available from Tor and Titan Books.

For fun she rides her dressage horses, plays video games and spends a lot of time in the gym.

Author Updates

I’m writing this big space battle action sequence in The Currency of War. In my head it lays out like a film — quick cuts between the four view point characters reacting to the changing situation. So I decided to try to write it as if it were a screenplay. Which means minimal description and rapid fire dialogue in each cut. Sort of a Aaron Sorkin meets Hitchcock in the shower scene in Psycho mashup that will (hopefully) weave together into a coherent whole. Each of t

There is actually a network show that I’m quite enjoying. TIMELESS on NBC. It’s time travel crossed with conspiracy theory, but it’s also a mini history lesson in every episode. It has an appealing cast particularly Abigail Spencer as Lucy Preston, Malcomb Barrett as Rufus Carlin and Goran Visnjic as Garcia Flynn. There is the obligatory square jawed hero guy who is okay, but he less interesting then the three I mentioned earlier and also less interesting than the supp

Sunday I completed a scene in The Currency of War and realized that there was a lightness in my chest and that sense that I’d just taken a sip of champagne. I always get that feeling when a project tips over and I’m into the end game. Before this point it always feels like I’m climbing a very steep hill as I put in place all the pieces, make certain that every character’s motivations are clear and believable. And then I’m like a downhill skier gaining speed with each twist and

I’ve been working with the four other writers involved in the next Wild Cards mosaic novel. Mosaic novels are hard. Instead of individual stories the person editing the book (me) has to weave together all the stories so it reads like a novel with, in this case, five different writers and five different point of view characters. They meet, argue, fight together and against each other so we all using each others characters at different points in the book. As most people

I’m happy to show off my very cool new covers for the Linnel Ellery books written by my alter-ego Phillipa Bornikova. The first two books are being re-released this month and book three will be available on April 28th. Feast your eyes.

I’m trying to save myself from a dream I had last night. So it was all Mass Effect, and I dreamed a story that I desperately want to write — which is so stupid because I have so much real work to do. But for all of you fellow Mass Effect players I will sketch out the broad strokes of the thing and hope that gets it out of my head so I won’t be tempted to write yet another piece of Mass Effect fan fic. ***************************************And Now There are Spoilers From the Citadel DLC i

I’m going to be joining the March for Our Lives tomorrow in Santa Fe. The determination and dedication of these young people is inspiring and I’m happy to follow their lead. You can find if there is a march in your area here — https://event.marchforourlives.com/event/march-our-lives-events/search/ All we’re asking for are sensible limits and background checks for gun ownership. We’re tired of living in fear at school, the movie theater, a concert, our work places.

This year will see the publication of a number of new Wild Cards books. Mississippi Roll has already been released:
Up next will be Low Chicago June 12th the one and only time we will do time travel. The stories range from the prehistoric to the recent past and run the gamut from funny to ironic to dark.

Followed by our British Book June 28th. An extraordinary line up of writers that we’re thrilled to add to our Wild Cards gang and once again we show

I met Victor Milán appropriately enough in a bookstore when he was nineteen. He had just returned from hitchhiking around Europe and I was working at the bookstore earning some money before I started law school that fall. Six feet two inches tall, bright blue eyes and golden hair, he definitely caught my attention. We fell to talking and he told me he had spent time Catalonia looking for his ancestors and he wanted to write a book that drew on that rich history. Fast forward to July of

I wanted to let folks know that there are going to be able to find Wild Cards showing up in a lot more places and our web folks have some fun things planned. You can follow all the action here:
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